The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-18
SClENT5E'> TRUTH
Regarding the Functions of
an Important Organ.
Of Witch the Public X kuOws Rut Lit.
t1e.. Worthy Careful (,OnsiA grafton.

Of Witch the Public KNOWS lsut lit.
t1e.. Worthy Careful dcrutiou.
TO the E,'itv, u the Scientific .Imsr;can:
WI you permit ns 10 mokr knorn to the
ps.tltc the facts IRE hare learned during the
past years, concerning disorders ot the
human kidnsys and the organs mhirh dis
'osrt k''"ys 80 rosily brrak darn. Yo"
are Conducting a scientific paper and ore
,snp'*l",i'crl except IL Gr"r ~ TRrrn. 1t
y .srles~ IL My u" medical .1o"r.ul ot
Code" standing wonld ddmi. these facts
tor rerV otraOus reasons.
II. II. WARNER T. CO.,
F'opriesors cf" Warmers Naje Ev,e."
That We may emphasize and clearly
explain the relation { &c kidneys sustain
70 the general health, and how much is
dependent upon them, NC propose, mot
aphorically speaking, to take one from
the hum ~ body, place in the wash
howl tx ,re ~, and examine !, for the
public beneilt.
You will imagine that We have before
no bo.}y shaped like . bean, smooth
aud glistening, about four inches in
length, two in width and one in thick.
ness. 1t ordinarily weighs in the adult
male about Ave ounces, but 10 some what
lighter in the female. A small organ
yo" say. But understand, the body Of
the average size man contains about
esn qsaorts ct Mcod, NJ which every drip
passes through the*e filters or sxMers, as
they may bs called, "aMy timss u day,
~ often as the heart, making q complete
revolution IN Mrvs 'ni,."tra. From the
working away steadily night and day,
Sytsxs
itself, and fully Of as much Importance;
removing impurities from sixtv.five gul-
lone u blood EACH ho,,,., or about forty
nine barrels each day, or 0,l25 hogs
heads II year: What y wonder that the
kidneys can last any length OF time
under this prodigious strain, treated and
neglected az they are?
We slice this delicate organ open
lenxtllwisc with our knife and vii! rough-
ly describe ite interior:
We finN it to he of a rcddish-hrown
color. soft and easily torn, tiled will,
hundreds ri little tubes, short and
thread.like, starting from the arteries,
ending in little tuft about midway from
the outside onering of u cavity u con-
siderable size, which is called the pelvis,
or, roughly speaking, i sack, which is
for the purpose OF holding the water to
further undergo publication before it
passes down from here into the lreters,
and 10 Oh to the outside of the body.
These little tubes are the filters which
do their work automatically, and right
| here u schere TIE disease Of TIE kidney .tirst
beQi"s.
Doing the vast amount ri work which.
they are Obliged to, from the slightest
| irreRularity in our habits, from cold,
thousand and one other causes which
occur every day, they become somewhat
weakened in their nerve force.
What IL the result? Congestion or
stoppage of the current of blood in the
small blood vessels surrounding them,
which become blocked; these delicate
membranes are irritated; inflammation
10 set up, then pus ia formed, which col.
lects in the pelvis or sac; the tubes uro
at first partially, and soon arr totally,
unable to 10 their work. The pelvic
sac Ktes on distending witl, this cOrrup-
tion, pressing npon the blood vessels.
All this time, remember, the blood,
which is entering the kidneys 10 Ike I'll.
tered, is passing thfot.gh THIS terrible, dis
9s'sti"g pms, for it cannot take any other
Stop and think uf it for Il moment.
do you realise the importance, nay the
vital necessity, Of having tho kidneys in
order? Can yon expect when they are
diseased Or ubstructe.l, no matter how
little, that yon can have pu,c b'o"J "nd
Escape dts~,ses II would h. just as rea-
sonable to expect, if u pest house. were
set acrose Broadway ant. countless thou
sands were compelled to 70 through, its
Icstilcn.ia: doors. and escape from conta-
.ls Co..
the blood 10 escape pollution when con-
s'an''y running through diseased kid
ney.
Now, what is the result? Why, that
the blood takes mp and deposits this
poison as it sweeps along into every
organ, into every inch Of muscle, Tissue,
flesl! and hone, from your head to your
ieet. And whenever, from hereditary
!nf1nen" cv othewis", some part nf the
body !s weaker than another, \ countless
train Of diseases is established, such as
consumption in weak lungs, dyspepsia,
where there is delicate stomach
nervousness. insanity, paralysis or heart
disease in those who have weak nerves.
The hen'l must soom .ir.i tie Effects oC ths
l'0isaE, "s IL re4"'re* plts blprt IN krsp IL iu
right actio". II increases its stroke in
number AMI force to compensate for the
natural stimulus wanting, in its Ell.
deavor 70 crowd the impure blood
through theis obstruction. causing pain,
palpitation, or IN out-~' breath feeling.
Unnatural ~ this foTc Il labor ia, the
heart must soon falter, becoming weaker
and weaker until one day it sue,lenly
stops, and death from apparent "heart
disease" u the verdict.
But the medical profession, learned
aud dignitiesl, call these diseases by high
sounding names, treat them alone, and
patients die, J.,r he arteries are carrying
s'cw death y The affected pass., constantly